# If you know my real name...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528 "2014-02-28T17:54:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/1 "2014-02-28T17:54:51Z")

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…there is another karol on board and it’s not me.  
Just saying.  
karol

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/2 "2014-02-28T18:02:44Z")

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Thank goodness nobody knows my real name…oh, wait.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/3 "2014-02-28T20:32:23Z")

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Hmm, now that you mention it, I have never seen you both in the same place. Perhaps thou doest protest too much…

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/4 "2014-02-28T22:57:28Z")

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> [@papergirl](#):
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> …there is another karol on board and it’s not me.  
> Just saying.  
> karol

Answer quickly now–What’s the shape of the Earth?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/5 "2014-03-01T00:58:48Z")

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> [@papergirl](#):
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> …there is another karol on board and it’s not me.  
> Just saying.  
> karol

[And his real name is Charles.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17136496#post17136496)

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/6 "2014-03-01T01:07:18Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [And his real name is Charles.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17136496#post17136496)

Sucker!!! Oh, wait. I responded to that “What’s your real first name” thread as well.

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-know-my-real-name/682528/7 "2014-03-01T22:55:36Z")

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> [@papergirl](#):
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> …there is another karol on board and it’s not me.  
> Just saying.  
> karol

…say, isn’t it a little early to be singing “Karols”?:dubious: